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Andrew George
Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew George voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, International Development, Treasury, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): GM Crops, Bovine TB, Fisheries, Iraq, Rural Payments Agency
(based on written questions asked by Andrew George and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Hunting Bill Committee (24 out of 31)
- Marine Safety Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)
“I welcome the move on the eligibility of domestic properties, widening the scheme to a wider group of potential consumers, and the move to widen it to community groups. What will the Government do to ensure that community groups, and especially housing estates, are made aware of this great opportunity, and what reassurance will the Minister give to organisations that might be approaching this...”
- Written Answers — Health: Nurses (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's announcement of 6 January 2012 on the Time to Care initiative, if he will provide further details on the initiative; and what assessment he has made of the effects of the initiative on (a) the proportion of time spent by nurses on (i) hourly ward rounds and (ii) administrative procedures and paperwork considered...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
“Although my right hon. Friend has already covered this matter to an extent, will he tell me what effective measures he inherited, and if they were inadequate, what action he took to put them right?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 79 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 91 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 76.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 540 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £17,912 (360th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £16,382 (447th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,557 (282nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,765 (231st) | £27,110 (25th) | £26,867 (65th) | £25,000 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £16,025 (joint 307th with 1 other) |
| Staffing costs | £96,972 (273rd) | £86,872 (355th) | £80,846 (425th) | £78,860 | £70,336 (joint 324th with 20 others) | £68,198 (221st) | £65,584 (236th) | £45,148 (358th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,987 (241st) | £6,774 (384th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £14,329 (86th)1 | £14,110 (102nd)2 | £16,070 (49th)3 | £17,473 | £23,321 (29th) | £26,255 (18th) | £23,232 (28th) | £18,091 (29th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £440 (174th) | £925 (116th) | £1,595 (58th) | £1,535 | £823 (212th) | £1,459 (108th) | £1,715 (69th) | £581 (222nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,161 (102nd) | £1,818 (70th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £31 (joint 103rd with 1 other) | £466 (44th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,474 (90th) | £1,651 (67th) | £2,330 (73rd) | £1,761 | £1,496 (173rd) | £1,538 (123rd) | £2,070 (78th) | £1,825 (joint 101st with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,292 (34th) | £6,960 (84th) | £4,703 | £4,788 (149th) | £5,280 (107th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,157 (joint 403rd with 2 others) | £954 (joint 482nd with 3 others) | £793 | £1,911 (joint 278th with 2 others) | £1,911 (joint 273rd with 2 others) | £1,911 (joint 270th with 2 others) | £1,911 (255th) | |
| Other Costs | £3,063 (58th) | £1,109 (73rd) | £2,647 (38th) | £5,549 | £145 (98th) | £0 | £5,803 (22nd) | £0 |
| Total | £170,135 (75th) | £170,367 (16th) | £160,379 (21st) | £157,308 | £138,527 (76th) | £143,773 (20th) | £138,271 (8th) | £99,138 (104th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,813 (104th). Rail £8,635 (63rd). Misc £551 (70th). Other: Rail £330 (61st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,446 (73rd). Rail £7,858 (92nd). Air £505 (120th). Misc £243 (113th). Other: European £58 (139th).
3 Car £7,160 (27th). 3rd party £29 (48th). Rail £7,755 (73rd). Air £629 (137th). Other £497 (38th).